News | ARC Research Hub for Advanced Solutions to Transform Tall Timber Buildings

4 years 2 months ago

On the 9 & 10 December 2019, the Future Timber Hub at The University of Queensland held a 2-day continuing professional development course on integrated design of timber buildings where an old friend from TRADAC days, Geoff Stringer presented on timber durability. Other subjects were fire safety (expert Professor José Torero) and building physics (expert Samantha Anderson). The 16 year old Ferry Boardwalk OSA designed at UQ was used as part of the workshop exercise.

4 years 3 months ago

The ARC Future Timber Hub are proud to advise that Adam Faircloth, a Timber Engineer with the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture & Fisheries (DAF) Forestry Research team at the Salisbury Research Facility, has been announced the winner and Australian representative for his research within the Future Timber Hub at the Institution of Structural Engineers’ 3rd Australian Young Researchers Conference.

Additional Articles

Daily Timber News - published 21 Jan 2020 - "Young Queensland engineer wins with timber panels research"

Timber & Forestry Enews - published 24 Jan 2020, issue 592, pg 15 - "Recognised for CLT evaluation research"

Friday Off Cuts - published 31 Jan 2020 - "DAF researcher wins national award"

Manufactures' Monthly - published 21 Jan 2020 - "New research a win for timber manufacturers"

4 years 3 months ago

In November 2019 the Future Timber Hub at The University of Queensland hosted a Digital Tools for Innovative Timber Structures Showcase which had over 50 public attendees which were mainly made up of members of the Brisbane Computational Design Group.

The presentations for the evening included:

Bridget Scanlan: ‘Generative Design of Site-adaptive Affordable Housing’
Aurimas Bukauskas: ‘Inventory-Constrained Structural Design’
Kim Baber: ‘Interactive Funicular Modelling from Utility-Grade Timber’

4 years 4 months ago

On the 9 & 10 December 2019, the Future Timber Hub at the University of Queensland held a 2-day continuing professional development course on integrated design of timber buildings with focus on fire safety (expert Professor José Torero), durability (expert Geoff Stringer) and building physics (expert Samantha Anderson).

4 years 4 months ago

The main focus of the Timber Queensland Board was responding to regional opportunities and technical innovations ahead for the State’s $3.2 billion forest and timber industry. A broad representation of Directors were elected.

Timber Queensland Chair Mr Paul Bidwell said the incoming Board visited the Future Timber Hub’s structural engineering and fire laboratories where experts from industry, government, and academia are collaborating to develop the skills, knowledge and resources to foster future growth of tall timber buildings.

4 years 5 months ago

On the 1 November 2019 fire testing took place at the Queensland Fire & Emergency Services (QFES) Qld Fire & Rescue Academy, located at the Port of Brisbane, for the ARC Future Timber Hub Project “Exploring the self-extinguishment mechanism of engineered timber in full-scale compartment fires”.

Industry were invited to witness this test for the first time and included engineers from Arup, Core Engineering, EWP, Holmes Fire, Omnii, Red Fire Engineers, Walkerbai and WSP. A crew from ABC TV's 'Catalyst' science documentary series were also on hand to film the fire test for their 2020 program about engineered timber.

4 years 5 months ago

A timber pavilion constructed by researchers from the ARC Future Timber Hub using an innovative minimal-waste design was recognised at an international conference in Barcelona, Spain last month.

The team presented the timber construction to a jury at The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures conference, beating over 20 other designs for a commendation.

4 years 6 months ago

One of our Chief Investigators of the Future Timber Hub (Dr Paola Leardini, School of Architecture, University of Queensland) was a panellist at the recent Brisbane Open House Event - Tall Timber Buildings & Taking on Climate Change. This event was open to the public and displayed 25 King Street, which is inspired by the environmental benefits and versatility of timber and showcases timber from roof to floor. The 9-storey plus ground superstructure utilises a combination of revolutionary engineered Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and glulam (glue laminated timber). It is the tallest timber office building in Australia, if not the world.

4 years 6 months ago

Commendation was awarded to the Future Timber Hub Pavilion design project which was Finalist in an international competition and exhibition held in October at Form and Force 2019, Barcelona.

The pavilion is part of a research project in the Future Timber Hub that aims to minimise waste timber through an innovative design process entitled 'inventory constrained design'.

4 years 6 months ago

This Film showcases the Future Timber Hub and the main challenges faced by the growing timber industry.

4 years 6 months ago

An innovative pavilion design project is Finalist in an international competition and exhibition being held in October at Form and Force 2019, Barcelona.

This is part of a research project in the Future Timber Hub that aims to minimise waste timber through an innovative design process entitled 'inventory constrained design'.

4 years 7 months ago

After watching the Future Timber Hub Film it is worth listening to this podcast again featuring Dr Cristian Maluk, Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Future Timber Hub, University of Queensland. This audio delves further into how cross-laminated timber (CLT) is becoming a construction staple and how the towers of tomorrow may soon be predominantly wood.

4 years 7 months ago

The Future Timber Hub film was launched at the AFAC19 Conference as part of their Innovation & Technology series on AFAC TV. The Conference was held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 27-30 August 2019.

4 years 8 months ago

The recent Pacific Timber Engineering Conference and the Future Timber Hub is featured on page 9 of Issue 571 of the Timber and Forestry Enews. Read more about our academia and industry collaboration.

4 years 9 months ago

AS more than 170 international delegates departed the three-day PTEC 2019 conference in Brisbane last week, the organising committee celebrated an event that met all the objectives. Please go to Timber & Forestry ENews Issue 568, page 10, to read the article.

4 years 9 months ago

Our Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019) is the Cover Story in the recent edition of the Timber and Forestry Enews: "Brisbane becomes hub for best in timber engineering."

4 years 9 months ago

PTEC 2019 has started today. On the 10-12 July 2019, some of the biggest names in timber construction have gathered at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre for the 5th Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019).

4 years 10 months ago

See what is happening at The University of Canterbury - one of our Hub Projects on "The behaviour of critical connections and core wall systems in tall timber buildings".

To view more information about the project click here: https://futuretimberhub.org/projects/behaviour-critical-connections-and-core-wall-systems-tall-timber-buildings

5 years 2 weeks ago

Building links between fabricators and researchers is just one of the goals behind the team planning the 5th Pacific Timber Engineering Conference.

This July, some of the biggest names in timber construction will gather in Brisbane for the 5th Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019). Run by the Australian Research Council Future Timber Hub, together with the University of Queensland (UQ) School of Civil Engineering, PTEC 2019 aims to bring young and experienced academics together with practitioners, researchers and developers to share the latest developments in research and application of timber in construction.

5 years 2 months ago

The 5th Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019) takes place in the beautiful Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank Parklands, Queensland, Australia from 10-12 July 2019. Hosted by the Future Timber Hub, ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Tall Timber Buildings, and in collaboration with The University of Queensland’s School of Civil Engineering. The PTEC 2019 aims to provide a forum for both early career and experienced academics, practitioners, researchers, and research students in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere in the world, to share the latest developments in research and application of timber in construction.

5 years 8 months ago

The document is a summary of the discussion which took place at The University of Queensland on the 22nd of November, 2017. The Strategic Planning Workshop was convened in parallel with the launch of the ARC Future Timber Hub with the goal of bringing together Australia and New Zealand’s leading timber researchers to begin the process of establishing key research themes and identifying potential future collaborations.